Jul 30, 2023
The pandemic is over Excess deaths, US, January 2020 to July 2023. Source: Our World in Data. The COVID-19 pandemic is over A lifetime ago–April 2020–I wrote the first of four blog posts on the coronavirus “Endgame.” As we floundered through...
Jun 22, 2023
Lab leak vs spillover: Origin of COVID-19 Electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Public Health Images library, CDC, public domain. Where did SARS-CoV-2 come from? SARS-CoV-2 is the formal name of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. A key...
Feb 4, 2023
Before COVID, There Was Flu Photo by Alan Emery on Unsplash Will bird flu be the source of the next global pandemic? As a microbiology professor and a science thriller novelist, I’ve been fascinated by deadly plagues for a long time. My interest began when I...
Apr 5, 2022
Should You Get ANOTHER Booster Shot? Sacramento County COVID case rate data, April 2020-March 30, 2022 (source) The US Food and Drug Administration has “authorized” second COVID-19 boosters for people 50 years and older. (STAT News) For most vaccinated...
Feb 14, 2022
Are COVID vaccines a miracle? Photo by Raimond Klavins on Unsplash “Narrative” is everything. “Narrative” means the context we put information in. It means the stories that we tell ourselves about the facts. In a less friendly way of saying it,...
Feb 13, 2022
Is Natural Immunity Better? OpenClipart.org Natural Immunity and Muscosal Antibodies A reader asked about a friend who is “monitoring his immune level” as a way to protect himself against COVID19 without getting vaccinated. This friend also believes “discussion about...
